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That’s what my kids call it.

I spent most Sundays as a kids there.  My oldest went in the ocean for the first time there.  One day, I’ll be a grandma teaching my grandkids how to snorkel there.

This place is closest to heaven on a sunny summer day and I swear you can hear God when huge winter swells hit.

This place is like church, outdoor, sun loving, ocean worshiping church.  And I love it.

At church you see friends, old and new.

Photographer Christy Eriksson and her newly adopted son

Amazing ocean lovers and August B+G Dave and Crystal

So now you know where I am if I don’t answer my phone.  I’m at church.

xoxo, Marina

Aside from my hubby and 4 beautiful boys, my business is my life force.  Photography is my passion and one of the greatest loves of my life. 

This week has been such a culmination of all the work I have been doing the last 3 years.  The wedding season has been kicked into high gear and my couples this year are so awesome! With over 100K hits on my blog site in the last week and being a part of Southern Wedding’s IT LIST by Lara Casey today, I feel like I am finally going to be a part of something bigger then me.  I have the dream and the desire, and now it’s all happening. 

Please check it out.  The other photographs in the post are so visually stunning.  I am honored to be even mentioned, let alone featured, with that caliber of talent. 

If you have a moment and feel so compelled, please leave a comment on the Southern Weddings blog.  Mahalo!

Thank you Lara Casey! 

xoxo, Marina

My family and I have traveled to so many places in 2008, it would have been impossible to fit them all onto our 5×7 card.  

Card cover image By Amy Gaerthofner.  Additional photos by Rachel Hadiashar and Marina Miller.  Card design by Marina Miller.

In place of a printed Christmas newsletter, here is a taste of my true passion, my FAMILY. 

Our 2008: I booked a bunch of destination weddings, Jason hosted a lot of concerts (like the legendary punk rock band ”The Misfits“), Mr.E started preschool, Mr.L started 1st grade and became a yellow belt in Taekwondo, and Mr.T started 2nd grade, lost his front teeth, earned a green belt in Taekwondo, and completed his first soccer season.  We moved from our Mililani apartment (FOR RENT if you know anyone!) to a great 3 bedroom house in Aiea. 

This year we vacationed in Tokyo, Japan.  It was February and cold enough to keep me from wanting to shop in Harajuku!  We enjoyed riding the trains and exploring the foreign land.  The kids really liked where we stayed, the Shinagawa Prince, because among other things, there was a bowling alley and a dolphin show, right in our hotel.  

Our next trip was to San Francisco, but due to a hard drive crash, I lost all of my personal photos from that trip.  It was a short trip, but we got to visit Jason’s family and took a brisk trolley ride through downtown San Francisco and hit Ghirardelli for some of the best hot cocoa ever.

Then we went to New York.  It was our first time there and it was awesome!  Again we rode the trains.  The boys loved central park and Coney Island.  My favorite place had to be the MoMA.  

In November we all flew over for my two weddings in Kona.  We stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa and had a blast going down the slides.  I think I liked sneaking beers from our hotel room to the poolside the best….  ;)

December brought us our closest to home adventure, a North Shore shark tour!  My good friends came along and provided me with some amazing family photos (seen on our card above).

For more photos of the kids and our trips, please e-mail me ( marina@redheartphoto.com ).

Thanks to everyone who has kept up with my work this year.  I wish you all the best this holiday season.  

Aloha, Marina